Category Archives: objects

A Postcard From the Past – Cheddleton Flint Mill

Posted on April 23, 2018 by Morturn

Cheddleton Flint Mill is a water mill situated in the village of Cheddleton, Staffordshire, in the picturesque Churnet Valley. With the fast-flowing river Churnet on one side and the Cauldon Canal on the other. It is an iconic group of … Continue reading →

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Eaten by Worm and Rats, then Blown Away by the Farting Misericord.

Posted on June 26, 2017 by Morturn

While the academic records can tell the story of an individual, so can the objects that an individual chooses to leave behind. Grave markers tell the story of the dead as told by the living, but a cenotaph tell the … Continue reading →

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The Ships Graveyard at Purton, Gloucestershire

Posted on July 10, 2016 by Morturn

I have this incredible attachment to place; but what is place attachment, and what is this to do with history? How do we relate to it, interact with it, experience it, understand place? How (if at all) is the relationship … Continue reading →

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Got that #Friday feeling? Fancy a day out?

Posted on July 1, 2016 by Morturn

Leawood Pump house is open on Sunday 3 July so what could be better than to get yourself down to the Cromford Canal and the High Peak Junction. Take a train ride from Whasandwell to Cromford and take yourself back … Continue reading →

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Day Out? – Enjoy our Industrial Heritage

Posted on June 3, 2016 by Morturn

At a loose end this weekend? Got that #Friday feeling? Get yourself down to Leawood Pump House and High Peak Junction on the Cronford Canal. Take a train ride from Whasandwell to Cromford and walk back along one of the … Continue reading →

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Making time for recycling

Posted on May 2, 2016 by Morturn

Some people think that recycling is a new idea, but in fact it has been around for years. Before the days of cheap mass produced products, things were made by the hand of the skilled craftsperson. Items were crafted with care, … Continue reading →

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Pens, paper, scissors… It’s so easy to take these everyday objects for granted

Posted on December 22, 2015 by Morturn

This has to be one of the best short films I have seen for sometime now. It captures something very special, and something that not everyone can see, tacit knowledge. Just watch Cliff’s hands, and how he handles the scissors; … Continue reading →

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The River Severn, a river flowing through landscape and time

Posted on July 28, 2015 by Morturn

I have this strange fascination with the River Severn, I am clearly a Severn Bore. I did not fully understand why until I studied a branch of history known as Public History. The definition of Public History changes from day … Continue reading →

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Landscape and Place, an Enlargement of Consciousness

Posted on August 8, 2013 by Morturn

Now this must be the sweetest place From here to heaven’s end; The field is white and flowering lace, The birches leap and bend Place attachment is the way we relate, interact, experience and understand our relationship with our environment, … Continue reading →

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Time – A new look at an age old past

Posted on July 4, 2013 by Morturn

“Somehow I had to send myself back in time, to open out the memories and see what they had to offer” Time is a complex concept, which is most rigorously analysed by philosophers, physicists and astronomers. History is the systematic … Continue reading →

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